Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Does the gospel word proclaim
Topic: The Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> Newton
Composer:
Meter: 7s double
Tune:
Hymn Number: 369
Page Number: 228, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDoes the gospel word proclaim
Rest for those that weary be?
Then, my soul, put in thy claim --.
Sure that promise speaks to thee:
Marks of grace I can not show,
All polluted is my best;
But I weary am, I know,
And the weary long for rest.
Burdened with a load of sin,
Harassed with tormenting doubt,
Hourly conflicts from within,
Hourly crosses from without;
All my little strength is gone,
Sink I must without supply;
Sure upon the earth is none
Can more weary be than I.
In the ark the weary dove
Found a welcome resting place;
Thus my spirit longs to prove
Rest in Christ, the Ark of grace:
Tempest-tossed I long have been,
And the flood increases fast;
Open, Lord, and take me in,
Till the storm be overpast!